09 March 2018

The Copernicus Sentinel-3A takes us over Italy and the Mediterranean Sea on 28 September 2016. From east to west, this image features the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea, Italy and across the Adriatic Sea to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and to the western edges of Romania.

02 March 2018

Although this image might look more like the surface of Mars, it was actually captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 28 July 2017, and shows southeast Namibia and the western edge of the Kalahari Desert.

As part of the BELHARMONY research project, Proba-V takes us over a dry lakebed in Railroad Valley Playa, a calibration site for the project in Nevada, USA. This 100m image was acquired on 04 February 2018.

The Earth Watching project is an ESA/ESRIN service to help local authorities and to promote the benefits of remote sensing data during emergencies, sending images and articles to newspapers, magazines and TV stations.

The Earth Watching website features not only imagery of natural disasters, but also promotes various satellite remote sensing applications through images and articles. Some examples are shown in the special events part of the website.